Course ID: 85
The Advanced Placement English Language and Composition course challenges students to read complex nonfiction texts analytically and to write prose of richness, insight, and depth. Students write in a variety of forms—narrative, exploratory, expository, argumentative—and on a variety of subjects, derived from text studied. In addition, students will complete a lengthy researched-based argumentative paper. In addition to shorter essays, text read may include the following: Angela’s Ashes, Listening is an Act of Love: A celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project, One Writer’s Beginnings, The Elements of Style, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, Death Be Not Proud, Night, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, An Ordinary Man, This I Believe, and A Raisin in the Sun. Students will take the AP exam in May. In addition, students will be eligible to earn college credit through Mohawk Valley Community College, as a dual-credit bearing course.
1 high school credit
Cost: $94 exam fee